I love how people can just go and make plugins to extend MovableType. James Seng has provided a plugin to stop (automated) spammers. Here’s what it does: I wrote a plugin to MT that will verify if it is a human before it allows comments to be posted. The idea is pretty simple: Display an… Continue reading MovableType PlugIn to Stop Spammers!
Month: October 2003
Tupac Resurrection Documentary
There’s a Tupac documentary due out in November. It’s called Tupac Resurrection: In His Own Words. It looks like it should be a good one based on the trailer.
BMG’s CD Copy-Protection Broken Already!
‘Shift’ key breaks CD copy locks. I don’t know if this is worse than the other copy-protection that was defeated by using a magic marker: A Princeton University student has published instructions for disabling the new anti-copying measures being tested on CDs by BMG — and they’re as simple as holding down a computer’s Shift… Continue reading BMG’s CD Copy-Protection Broken Already!
Kobe’s New Tattoo
Anil points out the caption on this picture of Kobe Bryant’s new tattoo (update 10/22/2003 – Yahoo! has now expired that picture, but you can see it here): Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant shows off his new tattoo as a tribute to his wife, Vanessa and Psalm 27 during camp Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, in… Continue reading Kobe’s New Tattoo
Bush Blog
I was wondering how long it would take for somebody to ‘clown’ Bush’s new weblog. It looks to be a very well designed site. (Now I can talk about it without linking to it.) I wonder how much it cost though. And surely we aren’t supposed to believe that GW, who doesn’t even use e-mail,… Continue reading Bush Blog
Treo 600 Preview
This is one of the best reviews of the HandSpring’s new Treo 600 that I’ve seen. The author only got to spend about 6 hours alone with the device but managed to include a bunch of screen shots and gave some pretty detailed analysis. He was least impressed by the camera and most impressed by… Continue reading Treo 600 Preview
Pop Goes the Weasel…
Pop Pop goes the weasel, the weasel *3X* Pop goes the weasel, `cuz the weasel goes pop [MC Serch] Hip-hop, got turned into hit pop the second a record was number one on the pop charts For those that get on heart that got it`s start in the ghetto Let no one forget about the… Continue reading Pop Goes the Weasel…
How to Get Paid to Blog
Matt of MetaFilter and PVRBlog fame has written a great article detailing how he’s made some serious coin from Google’s AdSense Ads on PVRBlog. I was able to cover my yearly web hosting bill after several weeks of running Google Ads (I only have ads on individual archive pages), but would love to see some… Continue reading How to Get Paid to Blog
Newsweek Goes In-Depth on Kobe
The Kobe Bryant media circus is heating up. Newsweek takes a look at Kobe off the court. It’s his defining feature: an intense focus on basketball that has made Kobe Bryant one of the game’s greatest, but left him self-absorbed and socially stunted. Now he’s on trial for rape. The book on Kobe [read the… Continue reading Newsweek Goes In-Depth on Kobe
Nigerians are the Happiest People on Earth
A new study of more than 65 countries published in the UK’s New Scientist magazine suggests that the happiest people in the world live in Nigeria – and the least happy, in Romania. The U.S. came in a respectable 16th. I’d like to see a graph of happiness vs. per capita income. I bet the… Continue reading Nigerians are the Happiest People on Earth